Martha Jean's Blog

This site WAS going to be an online portfolio or resume, but now it is mostly a virtual display case for a few things I want to remember. However, if you get curious you can view my resume by clicking on the link to the left. One more thing - check out my vintage shop on Etsy if you like! It's always a delightful work in progress. :)

July 29, 2010 2:42 am
"I hate with a murderous hatred those men who, having lived their youth, would send into war other youth, not lived, unfulfilled, to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die."

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, novelist (1876-1958)
July 28, 2010 3:42 pm
Awkward Family Pet Photos - my new favorite time-killer
3:37 pm
Sarah Palin's Endorsement Of Kelly Ayotte May Have Hurt Senate Candidate's Campaign (POLL)
3:35 pm
(via thethingsinmyhead) Cool picture!  I want that outfit.

(via thethingsinmyhead)

Cool picture!  I want that outfit.

3:25 pm

I want an academic do-over.

I’ve been talking to some universities about music programs and admissions, and it’s been kinda depressing because they all call me a “non-traditional” student since I’m older than 23. I feel ancient and un-hip.

So, here’s my dream plan for the next few years:

  1. Get marketing/creative job in nice place with good schools nearby – charlotte, NC
  2. Go to night school to become a massage therapist
  3. Go to night school to become an esthetician
  4. Go to night school to for associate’s degree in interior design
  5. Brush up on my web-design skills in my spare time
  6. Freelance all of the above while attending school for music degree
  7. During this time, sing in a bar and take voice lessons

But here’s something else that I really, really want to do: I want to attend one of those colleges that let’s you create your own major, like the University of Alabama’s New College program.  Then I want to major in BadAssery.

Yes, I want to become an expert on badassness.  I would do this by studying “badassery” throughout history, in the form of the mythological hero, famous and infamous leaders, modern and ancient attitudes towards “coolness” and popularity, badassery in both the feminine and masculine form, et cetera.  In addition to the theoretical subjects, I would try to master or at least partially acquire skills commonly associated with badasses, such as martial arts, use modern and ancient weaponry, stinging witticisms, and femme-fatale good looks (femme-fatale being, of course, the feminine badass form of the masculine badass’s rugged good looks).

What would I do with this degree, you ask? Image consulting comes to mind, as well as being a creative consultant for the entertainment industry. Or I could write and teach and research for the rest of my life.

3:28 am
"For the special thrilling quality of their friendship was in their complete surrender. Like two open cities in the midst of some vast plain their two minds lay open to each other. And it wasn’t as if he rode into hers like a conqueror, armed to the eyebrows and seeing nothing but a gay silken flutter–nor did she enter his like a queen walking soft on petals. No, they were eager, serious travellers, absorbed in understanding what was to be seen and discovering what was hidden–making the most of this extraordinary absolute chance which made it possible for him to be utterly truthful to her and for her to be utterly sincere with him."

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Katherine Mansfield (Psychology) (via katherine-mansfield)

I like this.

2:47 am

OMG!!! MTV STILL PLAYS MUSIC VIDEOS THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING!!!

How refreshing.

2:45 am

Every time I hear Justin Bieber sing on the radio, I think I’m listening to a girl.  He kind of looks like a girl, too.  That’s why the blog “Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber” makes me chuckle.

2:33 am

Great.  Now I think I’m getting carpal tunnel.

12:44 am
"The living language is like a cow-path: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay."

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E.B. White, writer (1899-1985)